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Antonyms for awakening

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-wey-kuh-ning
Phonetic Transcription : əˈweɪ kə nɪŋ

Definition of awakening

Origin :
  • Old English awæcnan (intransitive), "to spring into being, arise, originate," also, less often, "to wake up;" earlier onwæcnan, from a- (1) "on" + wæcnan (see waken). Transitive meaning "to rouse from sleep" is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "to stir up, rouse to activity" is from c.1600.
  • Originally strong declension (past tense awoc, past participle awacen), already in Old English it was confused with awake (v.) and a weak past tense awæcnede (modern awakened) emerged and has since become the accepted form, with awoke and awoken transferred to awake. Subtle shades of distinction determine the use of awake or awaken in modern English. Related: Awakening.
  • noun making conscious or alert
Example sentences :
  • He did not want to risk her awakening to a spoiled life and disappointed hopes.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • With me this awakening came with my first glimpse of his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The giants upon the hillside were just awakening from their night's sleep.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • At dawn the Cyclops woke, and his awakening was like a thunderstorm.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • The sun had come back, and all the awakening Northland world was calling to him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • But woman is awakening to find her place in the eternal purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • At the worst, I suppose to your seeing your son, and awakening him to a sense of his crime and danger.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Nature had awakened, and the joy of that awakening was upon the land.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • The dull hum of the city's awakening already filled the air.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • This news came like a thunderbolt, at once awakening rage and despair.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for awakening

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